Follow: exploring the role of social media in the online construction of male sex worker lives in Dublin, Ireland

This article draws from qualitative interviews with 18 South American male sex workers in Dublin, exploring how their use of the gym and new social media has created alternative spaces for the conduct of commercial sex. The interviews reveal how sex workers alternatively use escort specific sites in...

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Published in:Gender, place and culture : a journal of feminist geography place and culture : a journal of feminist geography, 2016-12, Vol.23 (12), p.1713-1724
Main Author: Ryan, Paul
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Language:English
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Clubs
Commodities
Consumption
Dublin Ireland
gimnasio
Grindr
gym
G达（Grindr）
Homosexuality
Instagram
Internet
Lifestyle
Male sex work
Males
Mass media
Mass media effects
Prostitution
redes sociales
Sex industry
social media
Social networks
Social psychology
Trabajo sexual masculino
Trade
Workers
健身房
男性性工作
社交媒体
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Commodities
Consumption
Dublin Ireland
gimnasio
Grindr
gym
G达（Grindr）
Homosexuality
Instagram
Internet
Lifestyle
Male sex work
Males
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Mass media effects
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Sex industry
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Social networks
Social psychology
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Trade
Workers
健身房
男性性工作
社交媒体
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